Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-08
OUR MINES,

What 10 Being Done 1t the Nountsin
view-The Ansosnda 10 Commsnos
slniunE Again soon-Other Items.
TRH ELKHoRN D1srRIcr.
Benjamin Howe and Isaac Davis arrived
Sunday evening from the EIkhorn District
and report much pro 'pecting in that vi
cinity. They say that prospectors there
are very reticent about their mines, fearing
that an influx Of miners from other quar-.
tiers will strike them and that they will have
trouble holding their locations.
Messrs. Howe and Davis made . very
valuable discovery in the district. They
struck q ledge twenty feet wide. the ore Of
which runs between SO and 200 ounces in
silver. At no place on the ledge ie there a
prospect hole over fifteen feet deep. They
will, after sutittiug herd. return to their
new discovery and work till snow flies.
The Magnet group of mines, in tho same
district, is doing considerable development
work.
party by the name of Noyes is at work
erecting q 15.stamp mill, to be run by
steam power. 1t will be readyt to commenc.
operations some time this fall. and will be
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TIE MOUNTAIN VIEW.
At the Mountain View an army OF Ia
borers, artisans, ETC., are employed con-
structing the new buildings about the
works. All the old structures have been
torn down, and the new ores are almost
completed. The shaft Of the mine is being
enlarged. the work now being down about
Az Onn fo1k LAVAL Soto ora ho;nn mt in
place at the different stations, and when
the work of enlarging the shaft is finished,
stations will be built every 100 feet. The
copper ore does not extend above the
300 level, and all ore encountered above
that is of free milling silver. Below the
800 it is claimed that the richest copper
ore in the camp lays. When sinking COM
mences it will be continued It'll the 1000
foot level is reached. At the smelter. in
Meaderville, considerable temporary re-
pairing is being done. the company calcu-
lating to enlarge the present plant next
summer.
THE ANACONDA.
The Anaconda mine will again commence
sinking in a few days. The shaft is o
down 1000 feet. There are only two
mines in the neighborhood as deep as the
Anaconda. the Alice, 1000 feet and the
Lexington. 1.15O. It is rumored that the
Anaconda will sink an additional 1000
feet. At present from sixty to seventy
five ears of ore, containing from twenty to
twenty-five toni each, are shipped daily
to the smeIter from the Anaconda and St.
Lawrence.
The miners thrown out Of employment
by the closing down If the Alice are seek
ing work at the various other mines about
the camp. Many have already been en-
ployed by the Chambers syndicate and the
Mountain View.
All the smelters in the neighborhood are
turning out their regular amount of copper
matte, with the exception OF the Bell,
which is going to decay.
At the st.. Lawrence the side track,
which was commenced last Monday, ia
about completed and will be in condition
to-day to enable the company to bring
timber and wood direct to the mine.
The Modoc mine put thirty additional
miners to work a few days ago. Shift
bosses as well as foremen have the privil-
ege OF putting on men. Nearly all OF the
syndicate's bunch of mines have COM
menced to produce ore. which will be
treated at tn. Anaconda smelter.